24.2%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Five Dock · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Five Dock
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Much lower rates of long-term illness define Five Dock, where only 24.2% of people live with a chronic health condition. This is well below the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents here enjoy good health, with nearly 70% reporting no long-term conditions at all.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Fewer people in Five Dock live with long-term health or mental health conditions compared to most other areas. Mental health affects 6.7% of residents, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 8.0%.
6.7%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people reporting a long-term mental health condition (incl. depression or anxiety).
Number of long-term health conditions
View on map →In Five Dock, None is the majority at 74%; One condition is next at 18%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 5.5% of people need help with daily activities, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the state and national averages.
5.5% ▲ +19.0%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of people with a core-activity need for assistance due to disability or age.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Health & Disability in Five Dock [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11533/five-dock/topic/health-disability